Pearl Insights: Uganda's census, districts, budget and public services in one place

Pearl Insights is an independent civic data platform for Uganda. It brings together the 2024 national census, profiles of all 146 districts and cities, 36,911 mapped public facilities, the national and local government budgets and major development projects, with the source of every figure.

Uganda at a glance

• Population (2024 census): 45,905,417, up 32.5% from 34,634,650 in 2014.
• Local governments: 146 (135 districts and 11 cities), grouped into 17 sub-regions and 4 regions.
• National budget FY 2026/27: UGX 84.39 trillion (approved).
• Mapped public facilities: 36,911 hospitals, health centres, schools, police stations, courts, NIRA offices and markets.

Source: Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS), National Population and Housing Census 2024 (final results, drill-down tables). Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development; OpenStreetMap. Published on Pearl Insights (https://pearl-insights.org), an independent civic data platform, not an official government website.